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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72940	A declaration of the recantation of Iohn Nichols (for the space almost of two yeeres the Popes scholer in the English Seminarie or Colledge at Rome) which desireth to be reconciled and receiued as a member into the true Church of Christ in England.	Nicholls, John, 1555-1584?	1581 (1581)	STC 18533; STC 18533.5; ESTC S113205	57,669	199

of the Arrians sayd That foure or fiue persons with their Athanasius woulde trouble the peace of the world To whom Liberius the Bishop of Rome answered That his solitude or fewnesse did not any whit diminish the worde of faith As for the declining estate of the Church wee are giuen to wit That when the sonne of man shall come before whose coÌ„ming Antichrist shall seduce the world Neque fides Matt. 24.12 37. neque charitas inuenta erit in terra isti dies erunt tanquaÌ„ dies Noah Lot There shall neither faith nor charity be found on the earth and those dayes shal be as the daies of Noah Lot c. The Eclipse then of this Moone shal be as it were vniuersal al the whole earth being put betweene the Church the sunne And therefore if we shall finde no other direction in such darknes then the multitude we shall haue no part with that litle nomber So much for multitude whereof the Papists make great account Nowe will I speake a litle of Succession which you my brethren take to bee a very substantiall argument of the trueth But Christ saith in the 23. of Matthewe In cathedra Mosis sedent Scribae Pharisaei By order of Succession the Scribes and Pharises sit in Moses chaire Annas and Caiphas touching Succession were aswel Bishops as Aaron and Eleazar Of Succession S. Paul saith to the faithfull at Ephesus Scio quod post discessum meum intrabunt lupi rapaces ex vobis ipsis exurgent viri peruersa loquentes I knowe that after my departure hence rauening wolues shall enter and succeede mee and out of yourselues there shall by Succession spring vp men speaking peruersly Therfore S. Hierome saith Non sanctorum filii sunt qui tenent loca sanctorum They bee not alwayes the children of holy men that by succession haue the places of holy men Notwithstanding the Pope himselfe will say as it is before alledged In Papasi desint bona acquisita per meritum sufficiunt quae a loci praedecessore praestantur If the Pope want good things by his own merits the good thinges which hee hath by SuccessioÌ„ of Peter his predecessor are sufficient And the glose vpon Petrus fecit Papas haeredes bonitatis suae Peter made the Popes heires of his goodnes by Succession And againe Papa recipit a cathedra sanctitateÌ„ The Pope receiueth his holines by succession of his chaire Such affiance sometime had the Scribes and Pharises in their succession therefore they sayde Ioh. 8.33 53. We are the children of Abraham Vnto vs hath God made his promises art thou greater then our father Abraham Iohn 9.29 As for Christ we know not from whence hee came or what can he shewe for his succession And when our Sauiour went about to reforme the abuses and errors they sayde vnto him Matt. 21.23 Iohn 2.18 By what power doest thou these things and who gaue thee this authoritie where is thy succession Vpon which wordes Beda saith Beda in Matth. 21. Intelligi volunt diaboli esse quod fecit They woulde haue the people vnderstand for that he had no solemne succession that al that he did was of the deuill Cyrillus Carena in Luc. 39. And Cyrillus frameth their words in this sort Tu ortus ex Iuda commissos nobis fasces vsurpas Thou beeing of the tribe of Iuda and therefore hauing no right vnto the priesthoode takest vpon thee the office that is committed vnto vs. Likewise Chrysostom imagineth the Pharises thus to say Chrysost in Mat. Hom. 39. Tu de sacerdotali familia natus non es Senatus tibi hoc non concessit Caesar non donauit Thou art not of the house of priests the Councill hath not graunted it thee the Emperour hath not giuen it thee Thus to mainteine themselues in credit for that they had succession and continuance from Aaron and sate in Moses chaire they kept Christ quite out of possession Matt. 23.2 and sayd vnto him then euen as you my brethren saye nowe vnto vs Who euer taught vs this pernitious doctrine before what ordinary succession of persons and vocation haue we what Bishop admitted vs who confirmed vs who allowed vs Therefore good christian hearers let not these the Papistes great wordes much abash vs. The Scribes Pharises in the like cases vsed the like language long ago But let me aske you a question Howe can you shewe any demonstration or probabilitie that the succession of your church is lawfull If there were any church that could alledge succession of persons it were the church of the Iewes for they were of the house of Aaron from the father to the sonne and besides them none might sacrifice Moreouer to them it was promised that they should continue so for euer And in deed when the Prophets exhorted them to reformation they had no other thing in their mouth but this Lex a Sacerdote non peribit neque consilium a sapiente neque verbum a propheta The lawe shall not perish from the priest nor the counsell from the wise nor the word from the Prophet But the spirit of the Lorde answered them Quomodo dicitis SapieÌ„tes sumus Iere. 8.8 lex Iehouae penes nos est vtique ecce ad falsitateÌ„ operatur stylus ad falsitatem operantur legis periti fecerÃºntne sapientes vt erubescerent consternatÃne sunt capti ecce verbum Iehouae spernunt eccuius rei sapientia inesset eis Howe say ye We are wise and the lawe of the Lord is with vs For it is in vaine that the pen is made and that there is a scribe wise men are confounded and seeing that they haue reiected the worde of the Lord what shal be their wisdome any more In like maner when the Iewes boasted to Iesus Christ that they were of the seede of Abraham Iohn 8.44 I know it wel saith he but the deuil is your father And in very deede this successiue and hereditarie wisdome crucified Christ and reiected saluation offred vnto them as also this self same successioÌ„ although it be only pretended worshippeth Antichrist and interteyneth her owne perdition Moreouer I demande what these alledgers of succession would haue answered to the Arrians Samosetans Nestorians c. who had their beginning continued from the first Bishops euen to themselues and namely to Nestorius and Samosetanus both which were lawfully called to the patriarchal churches the one to Constantinople and the other to Antioch Also what will you answere to the succession alledged by al the Greeke and east churches To be short to the reformed churches of England DeÌ„mark SwetheÌ„ a great part of Almaigne through all which there is at this daye this succession from Bishop to bishop from Pastor to Pastor If you wil alledge the Popes succession wee deny it you it is another question If simply succession you haue lost your cause If your doctrine then we gaine this poynt that the simple

succession of persons without the succession of doctrine is nothing worth With this sentence of Pope Adrian the fourth I end to discourse any further of antiquitie of persons Succedimus non Petro in pascendo sed Romulo in parricidio We succeede not Peter in feeding but Romulus in killing And so is it truely for you shall haue no Pope that teacheth the people howe to liue in the true feare loue of God but such an one as persecuteth and killeth the Christians that cherefully embrace and comfortably receiue the glad tydinges of the Gospell Thus being commanded to instruct the ignorant and to feede them with the heauenly word of God he practiseth tyrannie against them Wherfore this is an euident signe that if wee should seeme to grant which in no case is to be graunted the succession of Peter vnto your Bishop of Rome that he doeth farre degenerate from the diligence of Saint Peter who had more care to saue soules then to become riche famous in the face of the earth yea to haue all men subiect vnto him euen Emperours and kings to kisse his foote Your Pope doeth alter from the doings of S. Peter for Saint Peter neuer warranted to any man the possession of heauen for monies sake but your Pope like a good pedler setteth all things to sale and he that bringeth most shal in heauen beare the greatest swaye Wherefore these wordes of Baptista Mantuanus are true speaking of the vnhappie state of Rome venalia nobis Templa sacerdotes altaria Sacra coronae Ignis thura preces coeluÌ„ est venale Deusque Amongst vs in Rome churches priestes altars masses crownes fire incense prayer and heauen are set to sale yea God himselfe amongst vs may be had for mony Budaeus sayth Sanctiones PoÌ„tificiae noÌ„ moribus regendis vsui sunt sed propemodum dixerim argentariae faciendae autoritatem videntur accommodare The Popes canons serue not nowe to guyde mens liues but if I may so say they serue rather to make a banke to get money Bernard of Clunice sayeth thus Roma dat omnibus omnia dantibus Omnia Romae cum pretio Rome giueth all things to them that giue all thinges All things at Rome wil passe for money Yea euen in the Popes own Decretals you shall find it noted thus in sexto de elect electi potestat fundameÌ„ta in margine Roma est caput auaritiae ideo omnia ibi venduntur Rome is the head of al couetousnes therfore al things there are set to sale Yea Thomas Becket himself whom you call a saint whose festiual day about Christmas time you keepe with great solemnitie Gul. Neub lib. 2. cap. 15 25. a fewe of his bones you keep in such reuereÌ„ce that God himselfe is not honored so much wheÌ„ for his wilfull disobedience treason coÌ„mitted against his prince he had fled for ayde and succour to Rome and sawe that nothing woulde be wrought there without mony wrote thus thereof to the Bishop of Menze Mater Roma facta est meretrix prostituta est pro mercede Rome our mother is become an harlot and for money and meede layeth her selfe to sale To be short you know that our fathers long sithens were wont to say Curia Romana non captat ouem sine lana The court of Rome wil not take the sheepe wtout the fliece Iohn 2. Matth. 21. Christ sometime thrust such byers sellers brokers and coarsers out of the Temple but contrariwise you haue receiued in byers and sellers and thrust out Christ and so haue turned the house of God into a denne of theeues Saint Paul sayth thus vnto the people of Ephesus Argentum aurum nullius concupiui I haue desired no mans golde or siluer Vpon which wordes in the glose it is noted thus Per hoc lupi cognoscuntur qui talia concupiscunt Hereby they that desire such things are knowne for wolues Saint Hierome saith Hierom. 1. quaest 1. lib. Nunquam diuinatio Quia Prophetae pecuniam accipiebant prophetia eorum facta est diuinatio For that the Prophets fel to taking of money therfore their prophecy was become a soothsaying that is to say it was of the Deuill and not of God This I saye that according to your dealing hee that is poore is not like to go to heauen but the rich is sure to be saued Nowe you alledge succession of places not farre vnlike to the Iewes who will inclose orbem in vrbe the whole worlde in one citie but we see that God hath chosen many out of Ierusalem the Church is not tyed therunto God hath suffred by his righteous will many ChristiaÌ„ churches to be turned into the teÌ„ples of the Turks as that of Ephesus founded by S. Paul S. Iohn that of Bonne in Barbarie where Saint Austin preached c. And further it is sayde there expresly Glossa communis in eum versiculum Apocal 12.8 c. that the Church of God for a long time by reason of the persecution of Antichrist shal retire herself into the wildernes as the common glose it selfe doeth expounde If euer there were church that might alledge succession of place it was Ierusalem for of it was said Deut. 12.11 2. Sam. 7.10 1. King 8.29 Dominus in hoc Templo in aeternum habitabit The Lord wil euermore dwell in this house Also â— King 21.7 Psal 132.14 Elegi ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ hanc domum vt nomen meum ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ in perpetuum maneat I haue chosen this house to the end that my name may dwell there for euer And therefore the Priests had no other answere to al the Prophets that reprooued them but this Templum Domini Iere. 7.4 Templum Domini The Temple of the Lorde the Temple of the Lorde But see what the Lorde himselfe answereth vnto them Ite sayth he ad locum meum in Shiloh vbi habitauit nomen meum a principio c. Go and see Shiloh I haue chosen it from the beginning for my house nowe see what I haue done vnto it for the wickednes of my people I wil do euen so to the place which I haue giuen vnto you and to your fathers But if you will that I dwell there amend your wayes turne from your euil deedes Now therefore I say if God hath forsaken his owne Temple for the iniquitie of the Priestes euen then when he had none besides erected in the whole worlde must we tye our selues to the church of Rome or to any other place where all the clymates of the world are equally his temple I can not but maruaile why any of our countrey men shoulde take the church of Rome to be the mother church of all churches and the same to be an article of our faith We are not expresly commanded by the word of God to acknowledge the church of Rome Caput mundi the head of the worlde neyther is it expressed in holy scripture that we are condemned

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